Papers in the Biological Sciences
School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications
2002
Effects of herbivory on the reproductive effort of 4 prairie perennials, Erica Spotswood, Kate L. Bradley, and Johannes M. H. Knops
Contrasting Patterns of Divergence in Quantitative Traits and Neutral DNA Markers: Analysis of Clinal Variation, Jay F. Storz
Testing for Genetic Evidence of Population Expansion and Contraction: An Empirical Analysis of Microsatellite DNA Variation Using a Hierarchical Bayesian Model, Jay F. Storz and Mark Beaumont
Genetic Evidence for Long-Term Population Decline in a Savannah Dwelling Primate: Inferences from a Hierarchical Bayesian Model, Jay F. Storz, Mark A. Beaumont, and Susan C. Alberts
Genetic Effective Size of a Wild Primate Population: Influence of Current and Historical Demography, Jay F. Storz, Uma Ramakrishnan, and Susan C. Alberts
Optimization Strategies for Captive Breeding, Brigitte Tenhumberg
Molecular phylogeny of Subtribe Artemisiinae (Asteraceae), including Artemisia and its allied and segregate genera, Linda E. Watson, Paul E. Bates, Timonthy M. Evans, Matthew M. Unwin, and James R. Estes
SVMTriP: A Method to Predict Antigenic Epitopes Using Support Vector Machine to Integrate Tri-Peptide Similarity and Propensity, Bo Yao, Lin Zhang, Shide Liang, and Chi Zhang
Review of Dispersal. Based on a conference held in Roscoff, France, 23 April–1 May 1999., Anthony J. Zera
Purification and Characterization of Hemolymph Juvenile Hormone Esterase from the Cricket, Gryllus assimilis, Anthony J. Zera, Travis Sanger, Jeremiah Hanes, and Lawrence G. Harshman
Differential lipid biosynthesis underlies a tradeoff between reproduction and fl ight capability in a wing-polymorphic cricket, Zhangwu Zhao and Anthony J. Zera
2001
Mean Time to Extinction of a Metapopulation with an Allee Effect, Chad Brassil
Extension of Life-Span by Loss of CHICO, a Drosophila Insulin Receptor Substrate Protein, David Clancy, David Gems, Lawrence G. Harshman, Sean Oldham, Hugo Stocker, Ernest Hafen, Sally Leevers, and Linda Partridge
Molecular Characterization of Cephalothorax, the Tribolium Ortholog of Sex Combs Reduced, Carmelle D. Curtis, Jennifer A. Brisson, Mark A. DeCamillis, Teresa D. Shippy, Susan J. Brown, and Robin E. Denell
Variation in Response to Artificial Selection for Light Sensitivity in Guppies (Poecilia reticulate), John A. Endler, Alexandra Basolo, Stan Glowacki, and Julianne Zerr
Sensory Biology of Whip Spiders (Arachnida, Amblypygi), Ranier Foelix and Eileen Hebets
Sharpening Low-Energy, Standard-Model Tests via Correlation Coefficients in Neutron β Decay, S. Gardner and Chi Zhang
Rhinocyllus conicus: Initial Evaluation and Subsequent Ecological Impacts in North America, A. Gassmann and Svata M. Louda
Contrasting Effects of Plant Richness and Composition on Insect Communities: A Field Experiment, Nick M. Haddad, David Tilman, John Haarstad, Mark Ritchie, and Johannes M.H. Knops
Secreted Euryarchaeal Microhalocins Kill Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaea, Cynthia Haseltine, TIffany Hill, Rafael Montalvo-Rodriguez, Samantha K. Kemper, Richard F. Shand, and Paul H. Blum
Biodiversity and decomposition in experimental grassland ecosystems, Johannes M. H. Knops, David A. Wedin, and David Tilman
Molecular Phylogenetics of Western North American Frogs of the Rana boylii Species Group, J. Robert Macey, Jared L. Strasburg, Jennifer A. Brisson, Vance T. Vredenburg, Mark Jennings, and Allan Larson
A Synopsis of the Ferns and Fern Allies of Nebraska, with Maps of Their Distribution, Steven B. Rolfsmeier, Robert B. Kaul, and David M. Sutherland
A Synopsis of the Ferns and Fern Allies of Nebraska, with Maps of Their Distribution, Steven B. Rolfsmeier, Robert B. Kaul, and David M. Sutherland
Microsatellite analysis of female mating behaviour in lek-breeding sage grouse, Katy Semple, Robert K. Wayne, and Robert M. Gibson
Feeding and survival in parasitic wasps: Sugar concentration and timing matter, Gitta Siekmann, Brigitte Tenhumberg, and Michael A. Keller
Clinal variation in body size and sexual dimorphism in an Indian fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), Jay F. Storz, J. Balasingh, Hari Bhat, P. Thiruchenthil Nathan, D. Paramanantha Swami Doss, A. Antony Prakash, and Thomas H. Kunz
Genetic Consequences of Polygyny and Social Structure in an Indian Fruit Bat, Cynopterus sphinx. I. Inbreeding, Outbreeding, and Population Subdivision, Jay F. Storz, Hari Bhat, and Thomas Kunz
Genetic Consequences of Polygyny and Social Structure in an Indian Fruit Bat, Cynopterus sphinx. II. Variance in Male Mating Success and Effective Population Size, Jay F. Storz, Hari Bhat, and Thomas H. Kunz
Disrupting evolutionary processes: The effect of habitat fragmentation on collared lizards in the Missouri Ozarks, Alan R. Templeton, Robert J. Robertson, Jennifer A. Brisson, and Jared Strasburg
Using Cox’s Proportional Hazard Models to Implement Optimal Strategies: An Example from Behavioral Ecology, Brigitte Tenhumberg, M. A. Keller, and Hugh P. Possingham
The Effect of Resource Aggregation at Different Scales: Optimal Foraging Behavior of Cotesia rubecula, Brigitte Tenhumberg, Michael A. Keller, Andrew J. Tyre, and Hugh P. Possingham
Optimal patch-leaving behavior: A case study using the parasitoid Cotesia rubecula, Brigitte Tenhumberg, Mike A. Keller, Hugh P. Possingham, and Andrew J. Tyre
Diversity and Productivity in a Long-Term Grassland Experiment, David Tilman, Peter B. Reich, Johannes Knops, David A. Wedin, Troy Mielke, and Clarence Lehman
Predicting Risk to Biodiversity as a Function of Aquifer Pressure in GAB Mound Springs, A. J. Tyre, Brigitte Tenhumberg, and H.P. Possingham
Microbially Catalyzed Nitrate-Dependent Oxidation of Biogenic Solid-Phase Fe(II) Compounds, Karrie A. Weber, Flynn W. Picardal, and Eric E. Roden
Notes and Comments: Food Web Laws or Niche Theory? Six Independent Empirical Tests, Kirk O. Winemiller, Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, and Anthony Joern
The Endocrine-Genetic Basis of Life-History Variation: The Relationship Between The Ecdysteroid Titer and Morph-Specific Reproduction in the Wing-Polymorphic Cricket Gryllus Firmus, Anthony J. Zera and Justin Bottsford
Genetic and Diurnal Variation in the Juvenile Hormone Titer in a Wing-Polymorphic Cricket: Implications for the Evolution of Life Histories and Dispersal, Anthony J. Zera and Gretchen Cisper
The Physiology of Life History Trade-Offs in Animals, Anthony J. Zera and Lawrence G. Harshman
The Metabolic Basis of Life History Variation: Genetic and Phenotypic Differences in Lipid Reserves among Life History Morphs of the Wing-Polymorphic Cricket, Gryllus firmus, Anthony J. Zera and A. Larsen
Enzymological and Radiotracer Studies of lipid Metabolism in the Flight-Capable and Flightless Morphs of the Wing-Polymorphic Cricket, Gryllus firmus, Z. Zhao and Anthony J. Zera
2000
Learning improves growth rate in grasshoppers, Reuven Dukas and Elizabeth A. Bernays
Electrophysiological studies of olfaction in the whip spider Phrynus parvulus (Arachnida, Amblypygi), Eileen Hebets and Reginald F. Chapman
Surviving the flood: plastron respiration in the non-tracheate arthropod Phrynus marginemaculatus (Amblypygi: Arachnida), Eileen Hebets and Reginald F. Chapman
Leg ornamentation and the efficacy of courtship display in four species of wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae), Eileen Hebets and George W. Uetz
Patterns of Annual Seed Production by Northern Hemisphere Trees: A Global Perspective, Walter D. Koenig and Johannes M.H. Knops
PLANT QUALITY AND SPIDER PREDATION AFFECTS GRASSHOPPERS (ACRIDIDAE): FOOD-QUALITY-DEPENDENT COMPENSATORY MORTALITY, Mark A. Oedekoven and Anthony Joern
Expression of a Dominant-Negative Mutant of p21ras Inhibits Induction of Nitric Oxide Synthase and Activation of Nuclear Factor-kB in Primary Astrocytes, Kalipada Pahan, Xiaojuan Lu, Michael J. McKinney, Charles Wood, Faruk G. Sheikh, and John R. Raymond
Variation at tri- and tetranucleotide repeat microsatellite loci in the fruit bat genus Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), Jay F. Storz
Dispersion and site fidelity in a tent-roosting population of the short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) in southern India, Jay F. Storz, J. Balasingh, P. Thiruchenthil Nathan, K. Emmanuel, and Thomas H. Kunz
Social structure of a polygynous tent-making bat, Cynopterus sphinx (Megachiroptera), Jay F. Storz, Hari Bhat, and Thomas H. Kunz
Stochastic Variation in Food Availability Influences Weight and Age at Maturity, Brigitte Tenhumberg, Andrew J. Tyre, and Bernie Roitberg
Hidden mechanisms generate negative feedbacks in a stochastic model: A comment on Murray, Andrew J. Tyre and Brigitte Tenhumberg
Swapping space for time and unfair tests of ecological models, Andrew J. Tyre, Brigitte Tenhumberg, Michael A. McCarthy, and Hugh P. Possingham
Clonal Growth of Lithospermum caroliniense (Boraginaceae) in Contrasting Sand Dune Habitats, Stephen G. Weller, Kathleen H. Keeler, and Barbara A. Thomson
1999
Grassland Vegetation Changes and Nocturnal Global Warming, Richard D. Alward, James K. Detling, and Daniel G. Milchunas
Relationships between Body Composition, Body Size and Alternative Reproductive Tactics in a Lekking Sandpiper, the Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), Gwendolyn C. Bachman and F. Widemo
PYOVERDINE PRODUCTION BY PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA EXPOSED TO METALS OR AN OXIDATIVE STRESS AGENT, Kim-Hien Thi Dao, Katherine E. Hamer, Christine L. Clark, and Lawrence G. Harshman
Coordinate Transcriptional Control in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus, Cynthia Haseltine, Rafael Montalvo-Rodriguez, Elisabetta Bini, Audrey Carl, and Paul H. Blum
Female responses to isolated signals from multimodal male courtship displays in the wolf spider genus Schizocosa (Araneae: Lycosidae), Eileen Hebets and George W. Uetz
Comparison of Common Cytotypes of Andropogon gerardii (Andropogoneae, Poaceae), Kathleen H. Keeler and Geoffrey A. Davis
Ecologically Sound Biological Control for Invasive Species?: Review of Pedro Barbosa, ed., Conservation Biological Control, Svata M. Louda
INSECT LIMITATION OF WEEDY PLANTS AND ITS ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS, Svata M. Louda
Carmoviruses (Tombusviridae), Feng Qu and Thomas Jack Morris
Bacterial Growth State Distinguished by Single-Cell Protein Profiling: Does Chlorination Kill Coliforms in Municipal Effluent?, David Rockabrand, Teresa Austin, Robyn Kaiser, and Paul H. Blum
REPORT OF THE SUNFLOWER WORKING GROUP, Allison Snow, Helen Alexander, Joe Caroline, Svata M. Louda, Diana Pilson, Craig Roseland, Gerald Seiler, Diane Shanahan, and Jeff Wolt
Genetic Consequences of Mammalian Social Structure, Jay F. Storz
Cynopterus sphinx, Jay F. Storz and Thomas H. Kunz
The Endocrine Genetics of Wing Polymorphism in Gryllus: Critique of Recent Studies and State of the Art, Anthony J. Zera
Evolutionary Endocrinology of Juvenile Hormone Esterase: Functional Relationship with Wing Polymorphism in the Cricket, Gryllus firmus, Anthony J. Zera and Yuan Huang
1998
Evolutionary Change in a Receiver Bias: A Comparison of Female Preference Functions, Alexandra Basolo
Life-history decisions under predation risk: Importance of a game perspective, Amos Bouskila, Michael E. Robinson, Bernard D. Roitberg, and Brigitte Tenhumberg
Differential Gene Expression in Insects: Transcriptional Control, Lawrence G. Harshman and Anthony A. James
Population Biology of Intraspecific Polyploidy in Grasses, Kathleen H. Keeler
Geographical variation in male courtship behavior and sexual isolation in wolf spiders of the genus Schizocosa, Gary L. Miller, Gary L. Stratton, Patricia R. Miller, and Eileen Hebets
Roles of DnaK and RpoS in Starvation-Induced Thermotolerance of Escherichia coli, David Rockabrand, Kevin Livers, Tess Austin, Robyn Kaiser, Debra Jensen, Richard Burgess, and Paul H. Blum
Molecular Characterization of the α-Glucosidase Gene (malA) from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus, Michael Rolfsmeier, Cynthia Haseltine, Elisabetta Bini, Amy Clark, and Paul H. Blum
The Physiology of Life-History Trade-offs: Experimental Analysis of a Hormonally Induced Life-History Trade-off in Gryllus assimilis, Anthony J. Zera, Jason Potts, and Kari Kobus
1997
Relationship between Yeast Polyribosomes and Upf Proteins Required for Nonsense mRNA Decay, Audrey L. Atkin, Laura R. Schenkman, Margot Eastham, Jeffrey N. Dahlseid, Michael J. Lelivelt, and Michael R. Culbertson
Selective Feeding by Phyllostomid Fruit Bats in a Subtropical Montane Cloud Forest, David Herníndez-Conrique, Luis Iñiguez-Dávalos, and Jay F. Storz
Evolutionary Implications of Meiotic Chromosome Behavior, Reproductive Biology, and Hybridization in 6X and 9X Cytotypes of Andropogon gerardii (Poaceae), Guillermo A. Norrmann, Camilo L. Quarín, and Kathleen H. Keeler
Physiology and Ecology of Dispersal Polymorphism in Insects, Anthony J. Zera and Robert F. Denno
Flight-Muscle Polymorphism in the Cricket Gryllus firmus: Muscle Characteristics and Their Influence on the Evolution of Flightlessness, Anthony J. Zera, Jeffry Sall, and Kimberly Grudzinski
1996
The Phylogenetic Distribution of a Female Preference, Alexandra Basolo
PCR-RFLPs Differentiate McConaughy and Kamloop Strains of Rainbow Trout in Mixed Populations, Ronald L. Bromley, Douglas Siegel-Causey, Mike Cachelin, and Richard S. Holland
A Re-evaluation of Hotspot Settlement in Lekking Sage Grouse, Robert M. Gibson
Female Choice in Sage Grouse: The Roles of Attraction and Active Comparison, Robert M. Gibson
Habitat and Courtship Behavior of the Wolf Spider Schizocosa retrorsa (Banks) (Araneae, Lycosidae), Eileen Hebets, Gail E. Stratton, and Gary Miller
Movement of Crop Transgenes into Wild Plants, Kathleen H. Keeler, Charles E. Turner, and Margaret R. Bolick
PATTERN AND DURATION OF COPULATION IN WOLF SPIDERS (ARANEAE, LYCOSIDAE), Gail E. Stratton, Eileen Hebets, Patricia R. Miller, and Gary L. Miller
Artificial Selection on JHE Activity in Gryllus assimilis: Nature of Activity Differences Between Lines and Effect on JH Binding and Metabolism, Anthony J. Zera, Jeffrey Sall, and Robert Schwartz
1995
The Majority of Yeast UPF1 Co-localizes with Polyribosomes in the Cytoplasm, Audrey L. Atkin, Nicola Altamura, Peter Leeds, and Michael R. Culbertson
Submaximal Oviposition Rates in a Mymarid Parasitoid: Choosiness Should Not Be Ignored, Amos Bouskila, Ian C. Robertson, Michael E. Robinson, Bernard D. Roitberg, Brigitte Tenhumberg, Andrew J. Tyre, and Ed vanRanden
Repeatability of Maximal Aerobic Performance in Belding’s Ground Squirrels, Spermophilus beldingi, M. A. Chappell, Gwendolyn C. Bachman, and J. P. Odell
Getting the Lay of the Land: Introducing North American Native Grasslands, Anthony Joern and Kathleen H. Keeler
Introduction from The Changing Prairie: North American Grasslands, Anthony Joern and Kathleen H. Keeler
Reproductive Structure and Organogenesis in a Cottonwood, Populus deltoides (Salicaceae), Robert B. Kaul
Population Processes, Kathleen H. Keeler and Anthony Joern
Preface from The Changing Prairie: North American Grasslands, Kathleen H. Keeler and Anthony Joern